Free everyone
So the pendulum has swung the other way. Now we are going to enforce the retail theft laws and prosecute the offenders. Then they complain about the jails being too full or they will moan about some group being discriminated against. Because of the complaining they will go back to the free-everyone mode. Krasner created this mess by his $500 limit and his non-prosecution of the offenders. It has become a free-for-all throughout the city, between the lack of enforcement of any law, whether it be retail theft or road laws.
Richard Donofry
East Torresdale
MSNBC hypocrisy
I’ll start with mentioning I’m a Trump nothanxer Republican. I haven’t learned enough about VP nominee Vance to form an opinion. But MSNBC is completely in denial of its own hypocrisy. The refrain there is, “He is a 1-term nobody senator who cannot possibly have the experience to be qualified for the job.”
Really? A short list of 1-term nobody senators: Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Andrew Jackson.
Joe Jackson
Bustleton
Pay up, Americans
Many of the people who have crossed our borders illegally now receive benefits that total more than $2,000 a month. And many get a driver’s license, a nice hotel room, food, clothes and rides to wherever they wish to go. This comes to a total of more than $500 billion a year. Who do you think will get the bill for this insanity? The hard-working, long-lost middle class, that’s who. Four more years of this and we’ll truly be on the Eve of Destruction.
Mark Ritter
Mayfair
Common-sense policies
I am your neighbor, Aaron Bashir, and I am running for Congress. I live in Castor Gardens with my wife and three children. I am not a career politician, but your neighbor who is very concerned about our city and country. Please look at the high gas prices, rising grocery prices, high interest rates on mortgages, skyrocketing crimes and failing public schools. With $36 trillion of debt upon America, we are paying $100,000 only in interest every single minute. Our budget deficit is reaching almost $2 trillion every year resulting in a skyrocketing inflation. No doubt, America is in crisis. This is why I am running for Congress to save our nation. As your neighbor, I would like to use common-sense policies to represent you. As a congressional candidate, I believe America needs God back. This Nov. 5, your vote has the power to change what is broken.
Inflation, crime and quality-of-life issues are serious problems facing our community.
Like you, I am concerned and distressed about what is happening in our city. The violent crime that has infiltrated our neighborhoods. The quality-of-life issues that interfere with our ability to enjoy our homes. The rising prices of goods and services that are eating away at our paychecks. The lack of good jobs paying a decent living wage.
However, there is great news that we can turn around everything with your vote if you elect me as your congressman.
I will work hard to fix our economy and bring down inflation.
I will partner with residents, community and business leaders to find and utilize common-sense solutions to the issues plaguing our neighborhoods.
I will be visible in the neighborhoods and personally available to you to address your concerns and support for law enforcement officers to ensure your safety.
I will be an advocate for seniors, people with disabilities, working families, small business owners in our community, lobbying to reduce taxes, create incentives and eliminate bureaucratic red tape.
I will vigorously oppose the high taxes and spend policies of the current administration.
I stand for God, good family values, safer neighborhoods, school choice and lower taxes. Please, I ask for your vote on Nov. 5, to be your voice and the voice for our neighborhood. I am counting on you and your family’s vote and support. I can be reached at 215-954-7836.
Thank you.
Aaron Bashir
Stop the hatred
Sept. 5, 1972, Black September Massacre. During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, eight members of the militant group of the Palestine Liberation Organization infiltrated the Olympic Village carrying rifles and grenades, kidnapping and eventually killing 11 members of the Israeli Olympic athletes.
Oct. 7, 2023, Black October Massacre. Palestinian militant terrorist group Hamas stormed into Israel and killed 1,200 Jews at a music festival and took more than 250 hostages.
But yet Israel is on trial for war crimes despite having the right to stamp out the terrorism for the unprovoked attacks on civilians, be it Jewish athletes or concertgoers, while we have pro-Hamas, Palestine flag-wavers who condone such actions of terrorism against Jews.
Let’s not forget the long history of the plight of the Jews being chastised, persecuted and their expulsions throughout history.
Antisemitism has been practiced by many empires from the Romans, the Spanish Inquisition, to Nazism, and now to antisemitism on college campuses.
And we just had Easter celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ where Christians around the world celebrated the Passion of Christ.
But is it really?
There’s no passion for the 1,200 Jews who were purposely killed on Oct. 7.
Only chants of hatred.
Al Ulus
Somerton
